Mario Balotelli the most abused footballer in social media

Unbelievable from the Guardian trying to tackle racism in the Premier League. Pictured Balotelli instead of Sturridge pic.twitter.com/0AJBaIW90J
— Arsenal Quiz Machine (@ArsenalQuizz) April 17, 2015

Rodgers admits to being "shocked" by racist abused aimed at Mario Balotelli on Twitter. "One message (of this type) is one message too many"
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarretTimes) April 17, 2015

Seriously hate some of the Chelsea 'fans' on Twitter, would do anything to beat them at the Emirates 🙏 #AFC #COYG pic.twitter.com/a7WXvoJSy4
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) April 16, 2015

Man United & Arsenal fans hijacking LFC vote & naming Balotelli club's best player has made Spanish newspaper Sport. pic.twitter.com/pNldJRw7i0
— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) April 17, 2015

Balotelli received more than 4000 racially abusive messages on social media. I certainly dont condone disgusting abuse but 'why always him'.
— zac johnson (@daddyzeeTHFC) April 17, 2015

And what about the players? Mario Balotelli has been targeted the most. pic.twitter.com/59ScR6mixq
— Sportskeeda Football (@SK_Football) April 17, 2015

While Chelsea are the most hated club in the Premier League right now. pic.twitter.com/Uo3uTosen6
— Sportskeeda Football (@SK_Football) April 17, 2015

28% - Percentage of abuses directed towards footballers on social media that is race-related. pic.twitter.com/EGdTBKm6Se
— Sportskeeda Football (@SK_Football) April 17, 2015

BBC Sport - Chelsea suffer most abuse from social media trolls

Kick It Out calls for action as players face 134,400 abusive social media posts this season http://t.co/iAuKjG4Szy pic.twitter.com/TQPO53zdEI
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) April 16, 2015

Mario #Balotelli has been racially abused 4000 times on social media this season. What kind of a world do we live in? http://t.co/8oX9WVW1GA
— Marcus Christenson (@m_christenson) April 16, 2015